Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Photos - Mindee & Cierra, the site's two most photographed models, are back together again and man are their feet oh so sweaty when they pull them from their sneakers without socks on a hot day (64 images)

Videos- Camille's little feet are nice and warm in a pair of over the knee socks themed to Alice in Wonderland and you get to watch her pull them off (129 MB - 1080p HD)

Interviews- 1 new introductory interview with Rein has been added to the Interviews section

Sunday, August 28, 2016

About a week ago I sent out some text messages to a bunch of my models. I was looking for them to give me some open dates on their calendars that they might be able to shoot. For the most part, the girls got back to me about their open times for September. Mindee, however, mentioned that she had Sunday, August 28 open, so we made plans to get in some photos.Even with all the photos I did with Mindee back in July (see the blogs linked below), I was still excited to get in some more sets with her. I always have been, and always will be excited for any shoots we do. Mindee has done so much for me since the site's launch back in 2004 and has really become my go-to model over the last few years. She's also a great friend who really loves posing for all of you as often as she can. Her shoots are always a great time!

Today's shoots really had no set themes. Just yesterday I was asking her if she had any sneakers she'd like to shoot with. I knew it was going to be a little warm, so I mentioned doing a sneakers with no socks set. It's a personal favorite of mine, which she totally knows too. She mentioned a black and red pair that didn't ring a bell to me, so I said to bring them along. And that was today's first set.Our location for the day was along the Baltimore waterfront, not too far away from Fort McHenry. The Under Armour company has invested a lot of money in this area and I had been wanting to use it for some time. Luckily for us, there really wasn't many people around.At first I thought about using some of the awesome landscaping behind several of the buildings for this set, but ultimately decided to walk down just a little bit further. We saw an area that commemorated immigration in Baltimore and thought it had some interesting places for Mindee to strike a pose.

Nothing is better than Mindee's feet, warm, from a pair of sneakers without socks.

We ended up moving all over this area. Mindee found herself sitting on top of some concrete balls, with her feet on some railings, and even on some kind of metal contraption. I think it might have been an anchor of some kind? I'm not really sure. What I do know, however, was that this area did allow me to get all nice and close to Mindee's size 8 feet coming out of those warm sneakers. And yes, her feet were just as warm too. I made sure to give them a playful rub once they were free.A funny tidbit about this shoot... A few blocks away from our location sits a sugar plant. Well, the smell of sugar was in the air. It's all you could smell. Imagine having the super sweet smell of sugar, or even a syrup under hit you non-stop for about an hour. That's what it was like. We both mentioned how we wish it would taper off. I, on the other hand, wished I could replace it with the smell of Mindee's sweaty feet.Maybe that sugar put us on a sugar high because before we knew it, Mindee had posed for enough photos to complete the set. It's either that, or we just work that well together. Seriously, it didn't take us long at all. I'll give Mindee the credit. She just does so well and has a tight grasp on what I love to see in my photos. I don't have to ask her for many poses once she's ready to go.After the set we filmed a clip of Mindee taking those sneakers off her fine feet on a near by bench. When that was done, I made Mindee scoot over and for nice, long foot massage. We were in the shade and the building seemed to be blocking the sugary scented wind from blowing our way. What made it even more pleasant for me was those two feet of hers being in my hands. I'd venture to say it was equally as pleasant for her as well, for that same reason.Although I could have rubbed Mindee's feet for the rest of the day, I did want to get in a second set. We walked back to my car so we could drop off Mindee's outfit from the first set and I could get a very important prop for this second one - a blue, foot shaped pillow. Mindee had bought me this pillow as a gift. I had left it in the back of my car this entire time waiting for the chance to use it in a set. I wanted Mindee to be the one to use it, naturally, and today was the day.We made our way back down to the waterfront area once we were done at the car. A few people were in several of the spots I was considering, but then I saw some benches on the pier going out to the water taxi pick up/drop off zone. I asked Mindee what she thought about shooting there and she said she was down for whatever. We walked over and gave it a look.

Do you also love being all up in Mindee's wrinkled soles like I do?

I ended up liking the area, so Mindee sat down and I gave Mindee's feet another quick massage - while two guys waiting for the water taxi kept looking over. Oh well! Since Mindee's feet are so divine, they shouldn't have been anything other than jealous. Anyhow, when the water taxi picked them up, we got the set under way.Mindee posed with the pillow front and center for the first few, and then proceeded to smash her feet into it for the follow ups. I teased her that now I'll have to start snuggling up to it when I go to bed. She laughed, but hinted that she expected no less.Eventually we moved around a little bit while out on the pier. Mindee stuck her feet up on top some of the pilings and then even sat down on the pier itself. There was just too many great poses to do while we were out there, so the pillow didn't make it into every shot. It was in a good many of them, however. You can see it on the bottom right of the sample above.Once this set was finished up we decided to call it a day. Mindee had some things she needed to tend to, otherwise we would have shot another one easily. As we made our way back to the car, Mindee remarked on how quickly we can get a set done when we just focus. Thing is, with all those foot rubs and friendly stories we end up sharing, that doesn't always end up being the case. Either way though, I enjoy every second of being out with Mindee each and every time - whether we're focused, shooting the shit, or getting her feet pampered like they deserve to be. I'm already looking forward to her next shoot. Maybe it will be with Alice? That's a shoot both want to do. And this photographer can't wait to pair two of his most regular foot models together in one set.

Thursday, August 25, 2016

It was only three days ago that I had 20 of the site's plumpest, chubbiest, and cutest toes on Soles of Silk in front of my camera all at the same time. Those 20 piggies belonged to Kelsey and Jasey Rae, who each did a solo set, and then one of them together (see blog: "Monday's Shoot - Kelsey & Jasey Rae"). Although that day was a memorable one, I did hope to get in more than three total sets on the day. Luckily for me, Kelsey was able to spare some free time today to do a few more before going into work. Now I just have to find some more time for Jasey.I met up with Kelsey today around 1:15 p.m. It was a little warm, but nothing unbearable. I'm glad because today's plans involved Kelsey wearing some nude pantyhose in one of her sets. It was an idea I had hoped to do on Monday, but ended up putting off due to time restraints. Well, we got it done first thing today.Kelsey and I drove over to an area that features some boardwalks and piers hoping we'd find a spot where no one else would be. We lucked out to find only two people in the vicinity of where we wanted to shoot. They were on their boat, however, so we stuck to the boardwalk leading down to the piers. We didn't draw any attention, as I figured. Plus, the spot was nice and afforded us a few different pose variations.

After all these years, I finally got to see and feel Kelsey's feet in pantyhose!

Seeing Kelsey's feet encased in the nude hose was quite adorable. It's hard to believe that after 10 years on Soles of Silk and over 1,300 photos published to the site, this was her first ever set in stockings of any kind. It won't be the last, I promise you! Those toes were just too cute. I must do it again one day. Maybe a different color or style? Suggestions are always welcome!Kelsey and I made really good time on this set, so I couldn't pass up the chance to give Kelsey's stocking covered feet a little massage while she was sitting up on the railings. Thankfully, the sun had went down and the breeze had picked up. Like I said, today was warm and we both happened to be wearing black. Sweating, however, was well worth feeling her warm feet like I had never felt them before. Yup, a first for a Kelsey foot rub after all these years!After I got done playing with Kelsey's feet she made a quick change of clothes back at her car. I sat in mine for a few minutes to enjoy the air conditioning and then we were off to shoot a second set. Even though I didn't really have any kind of theme or idea in mind, we had the time. That's all the justification I need to put Kelsey's little size 6.5 feet in front of my camera. Give me her feet and a spot for her to pose and I'm game.

Kelsey lotioned up her feet real good before showing them off here.

What we ultimately ended up doing was walking in the opposite direction along the boardwalk from where we had just shot. We found a pier that lead out to an overlook area and decided to stay on the pier just off the land itself. It sat in a little inlet area that I thought made for an interesting spot. It's not like you'll even be paying attention to it with Kelsey showing off her feet anyhow. C'mon, I'm one of you too. I know it is hard not to focus on those charming things.Right before we began I decided to add a prop to the set. I gave Kelsey the bottle of lotion I bring along to all my shoots. I had her squirt a bunch on her feet for the first half of the set and rub it in. I just wish I was the one who rubbed it in! Oh well, I digress.Kelsey's feet looked great coated in the white cream, which she said was warm from sitting in my hot car for a couple of hours. Once it was all rubbed into her skin, however, I had her start sticking her feet up on the pilings and doing some other poses where she couldn't really be rubbing her feet.We ended up wrapping up the day with a video clip of her rubbing more lotion into her feet. So if you're one of the many people who like seeing the models rubbing their own feet, you'll love this clip for sure. Well, once it's published. Until then it's all mine!It was truly great to be able to hang out with Kelsey again today and do a few more photo sets for the site. She's building up quite a few photo sets that will be making their way onto the site regularly for the foreseeable future. And the best part about it is, I told her I'd like to schedule her again a time or two here in the summer and into the fall. She'll certainly be climbing the ranks when it comes to photo count. Maybe she'll be the site's third member in the 2K Club along with Cierra and Mindee?

Monday, August 22, 2016

So today was not one that went exactly as planned, but when it was replanned to what it became, it was one I was very much looking forward to. You see, Sunday I was supposed to meet with Jasey Rae and do several sets. Then on Monday (today), I was set to shoot Kelsey. These two models have perhaps 20 of the chubbiest toes found on Soles of Silk. I was set to be in pudgy piggy heaven between those two days!Then the forecast for Sunday called for thunderstorms all day long. It figured! That is how it has been for much of 2016 when it came to my scheduled shoots. Why wouldn't it still be happening here in August too?When Jasey saw Sunday's forecast on Saturday, she asked if I was open Monday instead. I told her I had plans with Kelsey, but then I had an idea. How about shooting both of them the same day? Doing that would afford me the chance to get all 20 of those little plump piglets together in a set - well, 24 plump piggies, but more on that in a bit!I got up around 10:30 a.m. today and put my stuff together for the day ahead. I had hoped both girls would be open all day long, but Jasey had told me Sunday night that she wouldn't be able to meet up with Kelsey and I until 3 p.m. Oh well, maybe I'd be able to get in some extra sets with Kelsey first. That didn't turn out to be the case either, however. We still made the most out of our late start and I have three great sets to show for it.First up today was the two girl set. Although I had a timely set I needed to do with Jasey for this year's football set, I couldn't wait to see both girls put those super soft soles and oh so round toes side-by-side. You don't know how much I was anticipating this sight! Those of you who follow the site's Instagram page (@SolesofSilk) saw the teaser I posted a couple of days ago with these two ladies. I must say, seeing them in person was even better.

This photo contains 20 of the pudgiest toes found on Soles of Silk.

This set was a simple one. I had bought four little stuffed pigs from the store. I thought they'd be the cutest thing to have the girls smush with their even cuter piggies. I was right. I don't think I've ever been this jealous of stuffed animals, but watching this set unfold had me wishing I was one of them between all those tender feet. Seriously, both these girls have some of the softest soles and toes that I've ever photographed! So yeah, that means I've had the pleasure of rubbing both girls' feet. Not to brag... Okay, maybe just a little!Before wrapping up this set, I made sure to shoot two different video clips with both girls. The first one got rid of the piggies and had them smash the same squishy balls Kaycee used in her Squishy Blue Balls set shot on my birthday back in June 2015 (see blog: "Monday's Shoot - Kaycee"). Once that was done, we moved to a nearby picnic table and the girls gave the stuffed piggies some similar treatment.With the two girl set in the books, I now wanted to get in Jasey's set next. I had to finish this one before football season begins. Jasey was so excited to do this year's set and we decided to give it a fun, twist!

Jasey Rae teases with her socks before inflating those balls to the point of bursting!

Jasey's set took place in some bleachers as the football field nearby was being used by a soccer team, sadly. As we always do, however, we made things work. You see, Jasey had a container full of footballs and a pump. Unlike some quarterbacks, however, Jasey isn't into the idea of deflating footballs. Nope. Jasey likes balls over inflated - even to the point of bursting! Yes, the pun here is exactly what you think it is... Guess I should have found some blue footballs instead?As an added bonus to the ball play with Jasey's little feet, she also began this set in a pair of shoes and a neat pair of socks. These socks are quite unique. I found them the day before at the mall and start off gray at the top, with black stripes. From there, they fade slowly to the white bottoms. With the gray shirt Jasey was going to wear in the set, I thought they'd be perfect match. They're certainly unique!Once we finished up with the photos, Jasey was kind enough to pull those socks back on and do it all over again on video. It was so cute watching that slow sock tease, which then gave way to more of her pumping up those balls until they couldn't take anymore. I don't think any of us could either!Now that it was getting pretty late into the evening it was time for Kelsey and I to see if there was anywhere nearby where we could squeeze in a quick set. My initial plan was to do one with some pantyhose, but we decided to save that for another day - one that should be happening soon. I still wanted to see those pretty feet one more time, however, even if it was just a simple little set.After Jasey departed for the day, Kelsey and I began walking around. We stopped by a few places before finding a line of benches between two college buildings. No one was really on campus with school slated to start next week. We decided to go for it.

Kelsey's feet are always something I enjoy seeing in front of my camera.

I decided to just keep this one simple. Kelsey sat up on the bench and I began taking photo after photo. Her pillowy soft feet didn't take long to become front and center though. I've always been in love with her feet of and had no problem shooting some of the most simple of poses during this one. Even Kelsey's feet resting was something I thought looked so damn adorable, so I shot it several different ways.Toward the end of this set we ended up getting a visitor. A staff member of the college came and sat on a bench off in the distance. I'm not sure if he was there to monitor us because he seemed to be paying us no mind. I decided to say screw it and just kept taking photos of Kelsey and her feet. And seriously, you could obviously tell her feet were my focus. Oh well, if he saw it, he saw it. They're too damn cute, so why wouldn't someone be in love with them enough to shoot photos of them? Once we finished, however, he got up and left too. So yeah, who knows?After all the sets were done Kelsey and I went and enjoyed some frozen yogurt and just talked. It was great spending some time with her not taking photos or while at work. We're looking to shoot again, hopefully this week. I told her I'm always game for more photos of her and those heavenly feet. Jasey Rae is also checking her calendar for future openings, so count on seeing these two girls again soon. I'm just so glad to have gotten them together today!

Monday, August 8, 2016

You all know how much effort I have put into shooting all my feature sets for Wu's Feet Links over the years. Well, the July 2017 feature set has already been shot and boy, oh boy, is it one of my best ones yet! Instead of making you all wait until next year to see it, however, I have decided to do something that Alice, the featured model, does so well... tease! Starting with the Aug. 10, 2016 update, the image above will have a tile removed on a weekly basis to reveal more of the image below. The set will ultimately published on July 20, 2017. That's 50 weeks of teasing, but it'll be well worth it!Note: The last tile has been removed. You can now see this feature on Wu's Feet Links. Please enjoy Alice's feature, "The SK8R Girl Who Wears Size 11 Skates."Last Tile Removed:July 15, 2017Next Tile Removal: n/aFor all past image tiles, see the images below:

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Back in 2005, only a few short months after Soles of Silk debut, Carmen became the first model to represent the site as a Wu's Feet Links feature model. I was deeply honored that Wu would ask me to take part in this prestigious section on his site. What I didn't know, however, was that he'd ask me to do so over and over again - each time with different models from Soles of Silk. My models have always been flattered to be picked to do these sets and I've always made sure to do some of my best work with each and every one of them.

After Wu's passing in 2014, I made sure the feature section would be a top priority in rebooting his site - Olivia's "Back to Business" site saw the relaunch of that section. Below you will find each and every set ever to be featured on Wu's Feet Links from Soles of Silk. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed shooting them.

In addition to the feature sets, two more items I decided to reboot was the Interviews and Columns sections. With the success of blogs today, I decided it would be a wise move to take those sections and create blogs for each one. I moved over all the interviews and columns from the past and have since taken over conducting/writing both. Below you will also find any interviews and/or columns that predominately feature one of the Soles of Silk models. (Note: A couple of the interviews listed are with models who either run, or at one time, ran their own sites and/or clips stores. These models also posed for Soles of Silk, so I decided to feature them here as well.)